Mel Brooks (born June 28 , 1926 ) is an American actor , writer , director , and producer best known as a creator of broad film farce s and comedy parodies , or as he says, "spoofs."
Biography
Early life
Born
Melvin Kaminsky in
Brooklyn, New York to Jewish parents Maximillian Kaminsky and Kate Brookman, Brooks graduated from
Abraham Lincoln High School before serving in the US Army during
World War II as an engineer, stationed in North Africa.
Career
He started out in show business as a
stand-up comic before becoming a comedy writer for television, working on
Your Show of Shows . In
1961 , with
Carl Reiner , he created the persona of the
2000 Year Old Man , a collection of ad libbed comedy routines made into a series of comedy records. With
Buck Henry , he created the successful TV series
Get Smart . In
1975 , Brooks created
When Things Were Rotten , a well-received
Robin Hood parody that lasted only 13 episodes; nearly 20 years later, Brooks mounted another Robin Hood parody with
Men in Tights .
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